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July 16, 2012

#AADNOLA Author Spotlight: Erin Kellison + Giveaway!

Hello everyone and big thanks to Damaris for inviting me here
today. I am thrilled to be attending AAD in New Orleans this year. I had so
much fun at AAD last year, and I have a special place in my heart for New
Orleans because I went there on my honeymoon. Actually, I surprised by poor
fiancé (I say poor because we were utterly broke) by charging plane tickets and
a B&B reservation to our credit card. We are still probably paying it off.
We were twenty (had met in high school) and so over-the-moon in love.

Flash forward almost 20 years later, and here I am getting ready
to return to New Orleans for the AAD conference. I love AAD because everyone,
readers and writers alike, have the same kind of crazy. I get to hang out for several days with the
coolest people in one of the most intriguing cities in the world.

I write books where the supernatural collides with the
contemporary world, where magic (what I call Shadow) is real and present every
day. New Orleans has a rich history of paranormal and supernatural activity, so
I have a natural interest in the city. Here are some of the paranormal stories
of New Orleans that resonate with me:

Jacques St. Germain – a mysterious, wealthy man in New Orleans
society in the early 1900s, St. Germain held wild parties at his estate while
not eating a thing and drinking only “wine” (later found to be blood by
police). St. Germain was never apprehended but was later believed to have been
the Count de Saint-Germain, a wealthy man of Europe’s high society in the
1700s, and who was still seen roaming the continent even after his supposed
death.

The Gardette-Laprete House – site of brutal
murders that were never solved. It is said that you can still hear the sounds
of the victims and the music they were playing on the night they were killed.

The Axeman of New Orleans – a series of grisly
axe murders in the early 20th century had the city on edge. The
“Axeman” eluded police for almost a year, eventually publishing a sort of manifesto
in the local paper in which he/she claimed to be a demon from Tartarus who
loved jazz music, so much that he/she promised to spare any household that had
a jazz band playing. The Axeman was never caught or heard from again.

The St. Louis Cathedral – According to
legend, on some rainy nights before dawn, the voice of a man can be heard
singing a Christian hymn in the air between the St. Louis Cathedral and St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1. The man was FatherDagobert de Longuory, aka Pere Dagobert, a
local 18th century priest who looked after everyone in his diocese
with care. One night, a group of rebels were killed by Spanish soldiers, and
denied a Catholic burial. Dagobert somehow managed to steal the bodies away
from the Spanish, give them their proper rites, and bury them in the cemetery.
It is believed that the spirit of Pere Dagobert still watches over New Orleans.

I can hardly wait for AAD—the con is all good things at once. New Orleans is a sentimental favorite of mine
and I get to share it with fantastic people.

Erin Kellison is giving away a copy of her latest release in her Shadow series -- Fire Kissed!

Fae Fire

It is Kaye Brand's power to wield. But outcast from her kind, she's been selling herself to the highest bidder—money for her survival in exchange for a magic glimpse into the flames of the future.

Angel Ice

One of the angelic Order, Jack Bastian has no use for a female like Kaye, as provocative and unexpected as her blazing beauty. Yet he has no choice but to hire her to uncover the secrets of his sworn enemy and her former fiancé, Ferrol Grey.

Magekind

War is inevitable between the defenders of the Order and the mage Houses who threaten to engulf the world in Shadow. For Jack, mage-born Kaye is off limits, no matter how hot the impossible attraction between them. But in the coming darkness, beset by danger and desire, everything is about to change...

This giveaway is open INTERNATIONAL and will end one week from today! (Or a little after since I've been super busy lately :0) ).

To enter all you have to do is simple leave a meaningful comment below. Make sure to include a way for me to reach you if you should win!

HUGE thank you to Erin, for stopping by Good Choice Reading today!!! <3

34 comments:

Hey Erin, I'm headed to AAD and I can't wait to see you there! New Orleans is so rich in history tat you can almost hear the past as you walk down the streets. Thanks for the giveaway!jlkg102961 AT yahoo DOT com

So envious! New Orleans is too far away from West Virginia. So it's a no go for me. Though, *Evil grin * if money was no option and I had a place for my three sons to stay and I asked hubby, he would have gone down with me just for the sea food.

I´m so envious, =) i´d love to see New Orleans. Living in Sweden makes that a bit difficult and expensive, so it´ll have to wait a bit longer *sigh* Looking forward to reading your latest release! best wishes, Linda xo

All of your books look amazing. I hope to be able to read them all one day. I would love to go to New Orleans one day and look at all the mystifying things there. Have a good time!!!smiley317537@yahoo.com

Have a great time Ive always wanted to go to New Orleans hopefully in the next year my husband and I will take that trip:)Your book sounds amazing I cant wait to read it .Have afantastic week.flanagan@mebtel.net

I think New Orleans is a fantastic place for a book to be set in, and I hope you enjoy AAD in NOLA. Fire Kissed sounds like another great book in this wonderful series, I'm looking forward to reading it.

Hi i wish i was going with all of ya'll thats going to New Orleans what a wonderful place to go. Just think if i was a writer what i could write living in that city. Thanks for a chance to win the book i really want it. Joannie jscddmj [at]aol[dot]com

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